An Amber Alert had been issued Thursday night regarding Alejandro, whom authorities were initially told was abducted from outside a Home Depot store

According to the Herald, the suspect told police a car had forced her vehicle off the road near the store, then two men jumped out of the vehicle and demanded drugs. She then said the men grabbed the boy and drove off when she couldn’t comply with their request.

But security footage from the Home Depot shows Ripley sitting alone in her car for 20 minutes before calling police at 8:47 p.m. Thursday, a source told the Herald. The woman eventually admitted being linked to the boy’s death, sources told the paper.

<img src="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2020/05/640/320/mom.jpg?ve=1&tl=1" alt="The body of Alejandro Ripley, 9, was found Friday. His mother, Patricia Ripley, 47, is being held in connection with the death. (Miami-Dade Department of Corrections and Miami-Dade Police Department)”>

The body of Alejandro Ripley, 9, was found Friday. His mother, Patricia Ripley, 47, is being held in connection with the death. <br data-cke-eol=”1″> (Miami-Dade Department of Corrections and Miami-Dade Police Department)

About two dozen people gathered Friday for a memorial service for the boy outside The Friendship Circle of Miami, a center for children with special needs, that the boy attended before a shutdown because of coronavirus rules, according to the station.

An Amber Alert had been issued Thursday night regarding Alejandro, whom authorities were initially told was abducted from outside a Home Depot store

According to the Herald, the suspect told police a car had forced her vehicle off the road near the store, then two men jumped out of the vehicle and demanded drugs. She then said the men grabbed the boy and drove off when she couldn’t comply with their request.

But security footage from the Home Depot shows Ripley sitting alone in her car for 20 minutes before calling police at 8:47 p.m. Thursday, a source told the Herald. The woman eventually admitted being linked to the boy’s death, sources told the paper.

<img src="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2020/05/640/320/mom.jpg?ve=1&tl=1" alt="The body of Alejandro Ripley, 9, was found Friday. His mother, Patricia Ripley, 47, is being held in connection with the death. (Miami-Dade Department of Corrections and Miami-Dade Police Department)”>

The body of Alejandro Ripley, 9, was found Friday. His mother, Patricia Ripley, 47, is being held in connection with the death. <br data-cke-eol=”1″> (Miami-Dade Department of Corrections and Miami-Dade Police Department)

About two dozen people gathered Friday for a memorial service for the boy outside The Friendship Circle of Miami, a center for children with special needs, that the boy attended before a shutdown because of coronavirus rules, according to the station.

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